Enlarge ImageRequest to buy this photoAlastair Grant | Associated PressWesterville resident Jason Day, who played with his left wrist heavily taped, shot his second straight 73 to make the cut at 2 over.

HOYLAKE, England — Westerville resident Jason Day won the Match Play Championship, and then
played only one tournament (the Masters) over the next three months because of a thumb injury.

So imagine the scare at the British Open when he took a practice swing yesterday and felt a
stinging sensation from his left hand.

It wasn’t the thumb. It was his wrist.

“I took a practice swing and something popped in my left side, and it was kind of like a
tingling sensation through my hand, and it went straight up to my elbow,” Day said after a birdie
on the 18th hole for a 73 that assured he would at least make the cut at 2-over-par 146 at Royal
Liverpool.

It happened on Thursday, and Day said it bugged him the rest of the day. He received treatment
and played the second round with his wrist heavily taped.

At least this injury doesn’t appear to be serious.

“I’ve had wrist injuries before,” Day said. “And it just didn’t feel like it was a harm to me.
So I just wanted to get through the round and see the guys, see how it went. And today it was only
one shot where it felt bad.”

Factory worker Singleton misses the cut by two shots

John Singleton took a break from his job as a factory worker to play this week.

After missing the cut by two shots, he doesn’t know if he will be going back to his other
job.

Singleton birdied three of his final four holes to shoot a 2-under 70 in his second round for a
4-over 148 total. He was one of three players to have only 24 putts, the low for the day.

“I don’t know if I’m going to go back to work on Monday or not,” said Singleton, 30, who makes
paints and varnishes in a local resin factory. “I just finished off an emotional roller coaster. So
I think I have to come down from that and I’ll see what happens.”

Haas gets relief call, but Jimenez not pleased

Bill Haas thought he might be in danger of missing the cut. Instead, he shot a 2-under 70 and
was 10 shots behind leader Rory McIlroy when he finished. He was helped by a huge break and a
ruling that required some clarification.

Haas hit his tee shot on the 17th into high rough, and with about a minute left in the five
minutes they were allowed to search, the ball was found.

That was the first good break. The next one was just as important.

“It had been stepped on, but in the hay,” Haas said. “The person who found it said it was
kicked, but he didn’t step on it. But we determined the lie had been altered.”

Miguel Angel Jimenez thought Haas was getting relief for an embedded lie, which he didn’t think
was allowed at the British Open. He asked Haas to get a second opinion — the first ruling came from
USGA executive director Mike Davis.

Haas was given relief under Rule 18-1 because someone else moved the ball, and he was allowed to
replace it under Rule 20-3b because the lie had been altered. Jimenez did not appear happy, mainly
because he sought relief from an embedded lie a few years ago at the British Open and was
denied.

“You go to the referee and explain the referee,” Jimenez said. “I don’t argue with referee. He
is going to explain you the rules.”

Watson happy to be heading home to be with family

Masters champion Bubba Watson and a number of former British Open winners, including Ernie Els
and Padraig Harrington, were among those missing the cut. Watson finished his morning round well
before the cut of 2-over 146 was determined. But he figured his 4-over total after rounds of 76 and
72 would not be enough saying, “I can’t wait to get back to see my wife and child.”

Els, the 2002 and 2012 champion, lost any realistic chance of making the cut when he shot 79 on
Thursday. He said he was shaken up after injuring a spectator with an errant tee shot on the first
hole on Thursday and making a triple-bogey 7.